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Sylacauga Police Department makes arrest in child abuse case

Tuesday, June 13 by Lee Perryman

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - The Sylacauga Police Department today arrested 31-year-old Melissa Carol Chewning for two counts of Aggravated Child Abuse. The charges stemmed from incidents in April involving a child under 18 years of age. An investigation began this month based on witness reports... Read More.

Demographic shifts could lead to household construction boom in the South

Tuesday, June 13 by Jeremy Law

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - The Southeast is positioned to see tremendous growth in both population and housing over the next 10 years.

How Alabama catfish is helping to keep the world’s fish stocks from floundering

Tuesday, June 13 by Jeremy Law

Farmed or wild? Local or imported? Organic? Or some certification you’ve never heard of? Anyone who has tried to be an eco-conscious seafood consumer – or seen headlines about plummeting wild fish stocks or antibiotic-laden seafood from farms in China – has faced these questions. There... Read More.

UAB students’ research work takes flight with drone technology

Monday, June 12 by Jeremy Law

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- Drones are quickly becoming a prolific part of modern society, and students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are doing cutting-edge research involving the flying machines. Elizabeth Bevan, a doctoral student in the Department of Biology, is using drones in... Read More.

Fire ants could cause health hazards after rain forces mounds above ground

Monday, June 12 by Michael Brannon

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - Torrential rainfall has caused more problems than flooding and storm damage throughout Alabama in the last few weeks.

Total Solar Eclipse Set to Darken United States Aug. 21

Monday, June 12 by Jeremy Law

SYLACAUGA, Ala. - The month of August will usher a phenomenon which has not been seen by anyone in the US in nearly four decades.

Alabama wins Silver Shovel award for economic development

Friday, June 9 by Jeremy Law

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Area Development, an economic development-focused publication, awarded Alabama a Silver Shovel for solid business recruitment and support in 2016, keeping alive a winning streak stretching back a decade. In announcing the award, Area Development noted that Alabama’s economic development team... Read More.

Gov. Ivey; Atty. Gen. Marshall release statements on Robert Melson execution

Friday, June 9 by Jeremy Law

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The execution of Robert Bryant Melson has been a controversial topic in the state of Alabama.

Auburn University; Holmestead Farms partnering to teach canning seminar Tuesday

Friday, June 9 by Michael Brannon

TALLADEGA, Ala. - The Auburn University Extension Office is partnering with Holmestead Farms in Talladega to teach a water-bath canning and jam-making instructional seminar.

Gov. Ivey signs new law requiring School Emergency Notification System

Thursday, June 8 by Jeremy Law

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Governor Kay Ivey recently signed House Bill 89 into law. This bill requires the Alabama Department of Education (DOE) to develop and implement an electronic notification system to facilitate the sharing of school emergency-related information between local schools, local school systems,... Read More.

Alabama Attorney General warns against tech-support scams

Wednesday, June 7 by Jeremy Law

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Alabama Attorney General's Office is warning Alabamians of tech-support scams as the AG's Consumer Interest District continues to receive an increasing number of reports of these fraudulent attempts. Working together, the State of Alabama and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were... Read More.

Georgia man killed; another injured in Oxford single-vehicle crash